Daily Practice · GCSE Science
July 2004 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in July 2004, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in July 2004
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2004Name three greenhouse gases.
- 2nd July 2004A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 3rd July 2004Give the equation linking energy transferred, charge flow and potential difference.
- 4th July 2004Who provided the evidence for the existence of the neutron, and roughly when relative to the nuclear model?
- 5th July 2004State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 6th July 2004A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 7th July 2004Why does taking repeat readings and calculating a mean improve the data?
- 8th July 2004Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 9th July 2004State two ways measles is prevented from spreading.
- 10th July 2004State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 11th July 2004State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 12th July 2004Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 13th July 2004Give two observations when lithium is added to water.
- 14th July 2004State the value of the Avogadro constant and what it counts.
- 15th July 2004Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 16th July 2004State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 17th July 2004Write the ionic equation for the precipitation reaction between barium ions and sulfate ions.
- 18th July 2004Write the equation linking power, energy and time, and rearrange it for time.
- 19th July 2004In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 20th July 2004A gas is heated in a sealed rigid container. Explain what happens to the pressure.
- 21st July 2004On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 22nd July 2004State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 23rd July 2004State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
- 24th July 2004Define an undifferentiated cell.
- 25th July 2004Which tissue transports water and mineral ions from the roots?
- 26th July 2004Give three uses of the glucose produced in photosynthesis.
- 27th July 2004A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 28th July 2004A peat bog covered an area of 850 hectares in 2015. By 2025, drainage for farmland had reduced the peat bog to 680 hectares. Calculate the percentage decrease in the area of the peat bog.
- 29th July 2004Explain why steel (an alloy of iron and carbon) is generally harder than pure iron.
- 30th July 2004Why do polymers have higher melting points than small molecules such as methane?
- 31st July 2004Complete: acid + metal carbonate gives ...